You know what really burns me up? Software subscriptions.
You can’t just buy a program once and use it forever. Nope. You get to rent it. Forever.
It’s like taxes, but with worse customer service.
Take Quicken, for example. It’s a checkbook register. That system hasn’t changed in 100 years.
Money in. Money out. We figured that out before electricity.
So why am I paying 8 bucks a month to write down groceries and gas?
Oh, and they say “8 bucks a month.” But you can’t pay monthly. You have to pay for the whole year up front.
So it’s not 8 bucks a month. It’s 96 bucks a year to pretend I still balance a checkbook.
At this point, I’m not managing my money. I’m managing subscriptions.
I’m Grandpa Grumpy. And I’m way too old for this nonsense.